diff --git a/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh b/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
index 8cbfba79759..2cc0535f6bf 100755
--- a/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/api-reference"
 OUTPUT_DIR="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/api-reference"
 mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}
 TMP_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
+trap "rm -rf ${TMP_ROOT}" EXIT SIGINT
 
 # Generate API reference docs in tmp.
 "./hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh" "${OUTPUT_DIR}"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ TMP_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 echo "diffing ${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT} against freshly generated docs"
 ret=0
 diff -NauprB -I 'Last update' --exclude=*.md "${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT}" "${OUTPUT_DIR}" || ret=$?
-rm -rf "${TMP_ROOT}"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then
   echo "${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT} up to date."
diff --git a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
index c1a65836bdc..c71280a6cee 100755
--- a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ generated_files=($(
       \) -prune \
     \) -name '*.generated.go'))
 
+function cleanup {
+  for generated_file in ${generated_files[@]}; do
+    rm -f "${generated_file}.original"
+  done
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT
+
 for generated_file in ${generated_files[@]}; do
   cat "${generated_file}" > "${generated_file}.original"
 done
@@ -53,7 +60,6 @@ for generated_file in ${generated_files[@]}; do
     ret=1
   fi
 
-  rm -f "${generated_file}.original"
 done
 
 exit $ret
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
index f7ff66ed7ba..19bcbca0689 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TMP_DIFFROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/pkg"
 _tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 
 mkdir -p "${_tmp}"
+trap "rm -rf ${_tmp}" EXIT SIGINT
 cp -a "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
 
 "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ echo "diffing ${DIFFROOT} against freshly generated swagger type documentation"
 ret=0
 diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
 cp -a "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" "${KUBE_ROOT}/"
-rm -rf "${_tmp}"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then
   echo "${DIFFROOT} up to date."
diff --git a/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh b/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
index e73cb07a8b9..030eee13c02 100755
--- a/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ TMP_SPECROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/swagger-spec"
 _tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 
 mkdir -p "${_tmp}"
+trap "rm -rf ${_tmp}" EXIT SIGINT
 cp -a "${SPECROOT}" "${TMP_SPECROOT}"
 
 "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-swagger-spec.sh"
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ echo "diffing ${SPECROOT} against freshly generated swagger spec"
 ret=0
 diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${SPECROOT}" "${TMP_SPECROOT}" || ret=$?
 cp -a ${TMP_SPECROOT} "${KUBE_ROOT}/api"
-rm -rf "${_tmp}"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then
   echo "${SPECROOT} up to date."